Lexicon :: Strong's G2480 - ischyō

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty?[fn] It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

When he had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two demon-possessed men met him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me one hour?

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

“Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

Then he came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

“He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors[fn] and yet could not be healed by any,

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

They could find no answer to these things.

“Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to ridicule him,

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

They were not able to catch him in what he said in public, and being amazed at his answer, they became silent.

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did,[fn] and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

“Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

In this way the word of the Lord spread and prevailed.

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda,[fn] we were barely able to get control of the skiff.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.

For[fn] both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.

I am able to do all things through him[fn] who strengthens me.

For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in effect while the one who made it is living.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.